Monday Morning Message – May 21, 2012
I am sure many of you can remember those small blue and white tin tzedakah boxes that JNF widely distributed for years (and maybe some of us even still have one!). While tzedakah remains a central priority of Jewish tradition …
Monday Morning Message – May 14, 2012
This past week I was privileged to attend the Rabbinical Assembly convention in Atlanta. For those who are unfamiliar, the Rabbinical Assembly is the international association of Conservative/Masorti rabbis. The RA has over 1600 members who serve as congregational rabbis, …
Monday Morning Message – April 30, 2012
What do Jewish humor, Jesus and his disciples, and our journey through the desert to Mount Sinai to receive the Torah all have in common?
They will each be discussed at the upcoming Scholar in Residence program this weekend!
If …
Monday Morning Message – April 23, 2012
It has been nearly one hundred years since the first Bat Mitzvah took place in Manhattan when Judith Kaplan Eisenstein, the daughter of Rabbi Mordechai Kaplan, was called to the bima to read from a chumash on a Shabbat morning. …
Monday Morning Message – April 16, 2012
During Passover I came across a very interesting article in The Jewish Week written by Eric Herschthal that was addressing the following question: Can religion, especially Judaism, work if you don’t believe in the Big Guy upstairs?
Below are some …
Monday Morning Message – April 9, 2012
I hope that you are having a wonderful Passover and that you had meaningful Sedarim. Our community Seder was lovely, filled with reflection, conversation, joyful music, and fun for all of the more than 75 participants, ages 3 to 100! …
Monday Morning Message – April 2, 2012
Passover is less than a week away! In the midst of your cleaning, cooking, and shopping, check out the following resources to get you ready for the holiday:
1) Check out the Torat El Passover schedule here.
2) For the …
Monday Morning Message – March 26, 2012
*One note before getting to this week’s message: Passover is coming!
1) As you prepare for Passover, I recommend you review the following important and helpful guidelines written by the Rabbinical Assembly.
2) A reminder: if you have …
Monday Morning Message – March 19, 2012
Our hearts and prayers go out to the victims of the senseless shooting yesterday at a Jewish school in Southwestern France. We are, of course, always heartbroken to hear news of such senseless violence that claims the lives of innocent …
Monday Morning Message – March 12, 2012
Before this morning’s message, I want to take a moment to thank Cantor Siegel, Ben Laskowitz, all of our teachers and students who made our Erev Purim celebration such a success! With over 200 people in attendance we had a …
